Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 47 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 +39 +44
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 139 80 36
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.72% 4.57% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 4.88% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 61 27
10th Percentile £340 £413 £385
25th Percentile £484 £491 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -14.29%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £650
90th Percentile £800 £787 £708
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,084 1,640 1,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.80% 93.77% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,047 1,355
10th Percentile £367 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.90 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.18 £23.98 £20.29
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.83 £54.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £71.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £26.39 £30.04 £27.41
% change year-on-year -12.15% +9.60% -21.70%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.72%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Aladdin
1 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.44%) Loan IQ
1 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.72%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.72%) Maximo
2 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.72%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.72%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.72%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.02%) Azure
2 20 (14.39%) Power Platform
3 18 (12.95%) AWS
4 8 (5.76%) SaaS
5 7 (5.04%) GCP
6 5 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.16%) Amazon Bedrock
8 3 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.16%) GitHub
8 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.16%) Serverless
9 2 (1.44%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.44%) Amazon MSK
9 2 (1.44%) Collibra
9 2 (1.44%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) Network Security
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.72%) LAN
2 1 (0.72%) NAS
2 1 (0.72%) PSTN
2 1 (0.72%) SAN
2 1 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.72%) VLAN
2 1 (0.72%) VoIP
2 1 (0.72%) WAN
2 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) Power BI
2 7 (5.04%) Metadata
3 5 (3.60%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.44%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.44%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.72%) Big Data
5 1 (0.72%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.72%) DataStage
5 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.72%) Power Query
5 1 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) JIRA
2 2 (1.44%) GitLab
2 2 (1.44%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) JUnit
3 1 (0.72%) Mockito
3 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 63 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 50 (35.97%) Finance
3 28 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (17.27%) Public Sector
5 14 (10.07%) Banking
6 5 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Police
7 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.16%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.44%) Legal
9 2 (1.44%) Marketing
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (17.27%) Analyst
1 24 (17.27%) Architect
2 20 (14.39%) Lead
3 15 (10.79%) Business Analyst
3 15 (10.79%) Senior
4 14 (10.07%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.76%) Consultant
5 8 (5.76%) Data Architect
6 6 (4.32%) Security Architect
7 5 (3.60%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 5 (3.60%) Change Manager
7 5 (3.60%) Security Manager
7 5 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (3.60%) Strategy Architect
7 5 (3.60%) Strategy Manager
7 5 (3.60%) Technical Leader
8 4 (2.88%) Data Engineer
8 4 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (2.88%) Junior
8 4 (2.88%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) PySpark
2 3 (2.16%) LangChain
2 3 (2.16%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.44%) .NET
3 2 (1.44%) Playwright
3 2 (1.44%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.44%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.44%) Spring
3 2 (1.44%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.44%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.72%) EDI
4 1 (0.72%) JSON
4 1 (0.72%) Kafka
4 1 (0.72%) Middleware
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.72%) RESTful
4 1 (0.72%) Spring MVC
4 1 (0.72%) XML
4 1 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.60%) AI Agents
4 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.88%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.44%) Derivative
6 2 (1.44%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.72%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.72%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.72%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.72%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.72%) Replication
7 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.16%) Linux
2 2 (1.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (23.02%) Agile
3 28 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (19.42%) AI
5 26 (18.71%) Decision-Making
6 24 (17.27%) Analytics
7 22 (15.83%) Migration
7 22 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (15.11%) Roadmaps
9 17 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (11.51%) Project Delivery
11 15 (10.79%) CI/CD
12 14 (10.07%) Change Management
12 14 (10.07%) DevOps
12 14 (10.07%) Project Management
13 13 (9.35%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (8.63%) Data Governance
14 12 (8.63%) Machine Learning
14 12 (8.63%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.63%) Python
1 12 (8.63%) SQL
2 3 (2.16%) Bicep
2 3 (2.16%) C#
2 3 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (2.16%) Java
3 2 (1.44%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.72%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (0.72%) Korn
4 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.72%) Scala
4 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (19.42%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.76%) Degree
4 5 (3.60%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.44%) CEH
6 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.44%) PMP
6 2 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.72%) ACCA
7 1 (0.72%) CCNA
7 1 (0.72%) CIMA
7 1 (0.72%) CISA
7 1 (0.72%) CISM
7 1 (0.72%) CISSP
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.63%) QA
3 8 (5.76%) PMO
4 7 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.04%) NIST
5 5 (3.60%) GDPR
6 4 (2.88%) NCSC
7 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.16%) SLA
8 2 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.44%) GRC
9 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.72%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.72%) GAAP
9 1 (0.72%) IFRS
9 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.72%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) NFS
2 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.60%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
3 1 (0.72%) Grafana
3 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.72%) vMotion
Vendors
1 31 (22.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.47%) Databricks
3 7 (5.04%) SAP
3 7 (5.04%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.16%) Oracle
4 3 (2.16%) Remedy
4 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.44%) BMC
5 2 (1.44%) Cisco
5 2 (1.44%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.72%) Adobe
6 1 (0.72%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.72%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.72%) IFS
6 1 (0.72%) Meraki
6 1 (0.72%) Murex
6 1 (0.72%) Pardot
6 1 (0.72%) Planon
6 1 (0.72%) Pure Storage